A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE 



held by the Halsteds," Lawrence Halsted of Ronley 

 in 1522 making an excl ange of lands with William 

 Hshted of Worithcrne." Oliver Halsted in 154S 

 was said to hold of Simon 

 Haydock and Joan his wife 

 by a yearly rent of y. (^d.^ 

 John Halsted of Rowley in 

 1 6 3 I paid j£ I o as composi- 

 tion on refusing knighthood." 

 John, ^vho died at Rowley in 

 1632, held four misiuages, 

 &c., of tht king as of his 

 manor of Clitheroe. His heir 

 was his son John, aged 28." 

 The estate descended to Law- 

 rence Halsted, who died in 

 1786. Passing over the next 

 male heir, Banastre Halsted, 

 he bequeathed the estates to 



Banastre's brother Ni.holas, whose children after- 

 wards inherited. Two of these were daughters, 

 Ellen Esther, who married Robert Holgate, and 

 Eliza, who married Edward Every-Clayton ; in I 846 

 Eliza and Amcli.i, daughters of the former, took 

 Halsted as a surname, and rciJ.cJ at Hood House in 

 Habergham Eaves." Much of the family property 

 has been sold, but Rowley is the property of Major 

 Charles Edward Every-HaUted," son of the above- 

 named Mrs. Every-Clayton. 



ROII'LET HALL is situated on high ground at 

 the extreme north-west comer of the township, about 

 I J miles east of Burnley, and is a two-story stone- 

 built house with mullioned windows and balled 

 gables, the principal front facing south, and with a 



Halsted of Rowley. 

 Gulei an eagle displayed 

 ermine beaked and legged 

 or^ a chief chequy of the 

 last and azure. 



projecting gabled porch on the west. The house, 

 which appears to be originally of I'^th-century d.ite, 

 has been considerably modernized and wholly re- 

 stored, retaining little architectural or antiquarian 

 interest. Large additions have been made on the 

 north side, and the building is now divided into two. 

 The walls are of roughly-dre =cd stone with angle 

 quoins, and the roofs are covered with stone slates. 

 The old gables on the south-west sides have been 

 retained, but many of the windows are new and the 

 interior is wholly modern. On stone shields in the 

 spandrels on either side of the restored doorway to 

 the porch are the initials of John Halsted and Mary 

 (Sellars) his wife with the date 27 September 1593." 

 A peculiar feature of Rowley Hall was that a road- 

 way from Netherwood to Brownside Bridge originally 

 passed in at the front door and out at the back, and 

 was in use till nearly the end of the i8th century." 



There were other Halsted families in the town- 

 ship,'" of which the Rowley family is supposed to 

 have been a younger branch, but no proper account 

 can be given of them. William Halsted of Wors- 

 thorne died in I 589, leaving a son John, aged thirteen. 

 He had held two messuages, &c., in Worsthorne of 

 the queen as of her honor or castle of Clitheroe by 

 the eleventh part of la". yearly ; had a rent of 

 gs. ^d. from Hurstwood and lands in Foulridge and 

 Barnoldswick." 



irORSTHORNE HALL occupied a site on a 

 rising piece of ground on the west bank of the narrow 

 stream which runs through the village, and was a 

 large three-story gritstone building with gables and 

 boldly projecting porch. It is described as having 

 been one of the best examples of substantial and 



rent of id. for Rowley in Worsthorne ; 

 C 8, I 3, W 98. William son of William 

 de Windlc gave to his brother Geoffrey 

 half an acre in Rowley bought from John 

 Ic Hunte of Worsthorne \ ibid. W 1 10 

 (». d.). John son of William de Windle 

 in 1310-11 gave to John son of Gilbert 

 Je Legh id. rent from land in Rowley 

 and zd. from another messuage in Wors- 

 thorne ; ibid. W 115. 



Adam son of Gilbert de Rowley (Rue- 

 lay) granted land in Extwistle to Henry de 

 Holrenhcad ; ibid. C 8, 13. 



^ The place-name in the older deeds is 

 in the plural, Hallsteads. 



^ Add. MS. 32104, no. 199, The 

 pedigree in Whitaker, op. cit. ii, 234, has 

 been followed. 



*> D:..h PleaJ. iii, 40. The will of 

 Oliver Halsted of Rowley, dated and 

 proved 15S2, mentions his sons John, 

 William and Henry. The inventory 

 shows goods worth about j^ioo. 



** Misc. (Rec, Soc. Lanes, and Ches.), 

 i. 217- 



''^ C 8, 13, p. 504. The pedigree cited 

 continues : John -s. Lawrence, keeper 

 of the records in the Tower of London 

 -s. Charles, d. 1732 — sons Banastre (who 

 had the son Lawrence named in the text) 

 and Nicholas -s. Nicholas, d. 1 808 — 

 sons Lawrence, d. 1832 ; Rev. Charles, 

 d. 1833 ; and daughters Ellen Esther (Hol- 

 gate), Eliza (Clayton), Jane Harriet Anne, 

 Amelia Mary. 



The will of Banastre Halsted of Rowley 

 (dated l~38, proved 1739) is printed in 

 ^ fills (Chet. Soc, new ser.), iii, 1 14, His 

 sons Lawrence and Charles are named. 



■^ Miss Halsted, the survivor, died in 

 ,893. 



^ He took the Burnamc Halsted in lieu 

 of Clayton in 1885. 



^ A sketch of the house made by the 

 Rev. S. J. Allen in September 18^7, now 

 in the possession of Mr. Henry Taylor, 

 F.S.A., shows the porch at the time with 

 a lean-to roof continuous with that of the 

 house, and other differences in the build- 

 ing on this side. The porch appears to 

 have been wholly rebuilt, the gable and 

 the smaller one adjoining it in the north 

 being new features or old ones restored. 



** Trans. Burnley Lit. and Scient. Cluby 

 V, 67. 



^■^ In 1321 there was a complaint by 

 Adam de Halstcad, William de Windle 

 and others that John de Legh and others 

 had assaulted them, taken their goods, 

 &c. ; Cal. Pat. 1317-21, p. 606. 



William and Ellis son of Roger de 

 Halsteads occur among the tenants of 

 1292. Amery widow of Ellis de Halsted 

 in I 343 released to Lawrence son of John 

 de Legh her right in lands granted by her 

 son Richard, whose charter is also pre- 

 served ; C8, 13, H 24.5, 256. William 

 son and heir of Richard de Halsted in 

 1 390 warranted lands in Worsthorne and 

 Hurstwood ; ibid. H 24.6. 



To William de Halsteads John son of 

 John de Windle in 1326 granted lands in 

 Worsthorne, with the reversion of the 

 dower of Avice widow of John, and rents 

 of 4^. from Richard at Bridge, zd. from 

 Robert Legh and id. from Adam Ruddc ; 

 ibid. W 93. 



In 1397 Adam de Halsted obtained 

 from William Robard and Agnes his wife 

 messuages, &c., in Worsthorne and Hurst- 

 woo: ; Final Cone, iii, 53. This was 

 perhaps the Adam de Halsted of Wors- 



thorne to whom his nephew William son 

 of Richard de Halsted in 1388-9 released 

 all rights in Worsthorne and Hurstwood ; 

 C8, 13, H248. 



A dispensation was in 1518 granted by 

 the Pope's delegate for the marriage of 

 William Halsted and Agnes Hoppay j 

 Add. MS. 32108, fol. 298A. 



^^ Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xv, no. 2. 

 Isabel mother of William Halsted and 

 Anne widow of William and in 1592 wife 

 of John Mere are named. For a fine 

 concerning the estate (1555) see Pal. of 

 Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 16, m. 144. 



Christopher Towneley had some deeds 

 from Mrs. Halsted of Worsthorne, widow, 

 in 1658 ; Add. MS. 32104, no. 190-201. 

 The earliest is a grant in 1413 by John 

 Halliday of Pendle (son of John Dicon) to 

 William Halsted, of a messuage and half 

 an oxgang of land ; ibid, no, 193. Law- 

 rence as son and heir-apparent of Peter 

 Halsted in 1509 released to William son 

 of John Halsted his right in lands granted 

 by his father Peter ; ibid- no. 191. Other 

 deeds show that William had sons John 

 and William living 1548-58 j ibid. no. 

 195, 201, Sec. In 1577 occurs William 

 Halsted of Worsthorne (son and heir- 

 apparent of John), who mentions an uncle 

 William ; ibid. no. 196. The will of 

 William Halsted of Worsthorne in 1589 

 names John his son and heir-apparent and 

 also John Halsted of Rowley ; C 8, 13, 

 H 401. John Halsted of Windle House 

 and John Halsted of Rowley made an 

 exchange of lands in 1615-16 ;ibid.H4io. 

 See other deeds, ibid. H 402-12. 



The will of a John Halsted was proved 

 at Burnley in 1576; Pennant's (MS.) 

 Acct. Bk. 



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